Hammerwich

Other current and historical names

Hamerwich

Built-Up Area: Hammerwich
Parish/Community: Hammerwich
District/Borough: Lichfield
County: Staffordshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°39'56"N 1°53'52"W
Eastings/Northings: 406995, 307551
OS Grid: SK069075
Mapcode Local: GBR 3CF.T4D
Mapcode Global: WHBFP.T8CB

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Hammerwich within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Hammerwich in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Hammerwich, township and ry. sta., Lichfield St Michael par., E. Staffordshire, 3 miles SW. of Lichfield, pop. 1391.

Hammerwich in the Domesday Book

A village in Offlow hundred, in the county of Staffordshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Chester St John
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Chester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Chester
- Taxable Value: 25 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £15 in 1066; £15 in 1086
- Households: 42 villagers; 12 smallholders; 10 slaves; 5 priests
- Plough Teams: 10 lord's ploughs; 24 men's ploughs (78 plough lands)
- Meadow: 35 acres
- Woodland: 8 ¹⁄₂ mixed measures
- Mills: 2, value 4 shillings

British Place Names

Hammerwich, Staffordshire

Hammerwich is a village in Staffordshire

Hammerwich in historic gazetteers

Hammerwich in the Domesday Book